Physics for Scientists and Engineers: A Strategic Approach with Modern Physics (3rd Edition)

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Chapter 39 - Wave Functions and Uncertainty - Exercises and Problems - Page 1176: 30

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$$\color{blue}{\bf [a,b,c]}$$ The electrons will follow the single-slit pattern, as shown in the first figure below below. We can see that the $|\psi(x)|^2$ follows the classical intensity pattern of single-slit diffraction, as seen in the second figure below. And $|\psi(x)|$ is the square root of the second graph with keeping in mind that it is a wave-like function, that oscillates between positive and negative.
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